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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"He and partners, first the wealthy businessman William Duer, and later the prominent Philadelphian William Bingham, purchased vast tracts of land in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Lieut. General William Pepperrell, ca. 1740Maine Historical Society During the fight warriors burned two mills and a house in the area to try and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Rowe, William Hutchinson. Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine, 1636-1936. Yarmouth, Maine: The Author, 1937."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… the experienced Lewiston architect and engineer William H. Stevens to establish the partnership of Stevens and Coombs."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… grew up on Deering Street near his grandfather William Widgery Thomas, a noted diplomat. Thomas attended Milton Academy and Harvard University…"

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"Fitz Morris was a son of William George Fish. He was born on April 17, 1873. Fitz Morris was taught in a public school in Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… in honor of Maine's first governor of Maine, William King. This steamer was built in 1902 in New York for the Port Chester service."

Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms

"William King, former governor, paid 3,000 dollars for a 10-acre prison site. It was known as Limestone Hill."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Baker, William Avery. A Maritime History of Bath and the Kennebec River Region. Bath, ME.: Marine Research Society of Bath, 1973."

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"The hall was bought by William Hayden who put new floors in it. He was originally going to use the hall as a skating rink."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"Moulton. p. 18. Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1908). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Brown, Joshua Morton, J. O. Cushing, William Singer, Lemuel Strout, Burgess and O’Brien, Samuel Watts, Gilchrest, Stetson & Gerry, James Creighton…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1898. Jeffry, William H. Richmond Prison 1861-1862. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: The Republican Press, 1893."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"A few years later it was sold to William R. Wood, of Portland, who was proprietor in 1904 and ran the business as The United Packers, with a capacity…"

Longfellow Garden Club

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… First Settlement in 1779 to the Present Time, by William B. Lapham, Press of the Maine Farmer, Boston, MA. 1890; Hugh J."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"The tintype of bearded Captain William Blanchard of Richmond is a reminder of that Kennebec River town’s flourishing pre Civil War shipbuilding…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"The guns were fired from Ft. Williams, the horns came from the 5th Maine Infantry band, and whistles were from the steamboat Calvin Austin."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"A letter from Knox to his foreman William Howe Wiggen, dated January 15, 1805 and quoted in Eaton, gives a glimpse into Knox’s lime burning business…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… particularly near the Royal River, named for William Royall, one of the earliest settlers of this area called Wescustogo."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… Love Of Paper THIRD GENERATION CHISHOLM LEADER William H. Chisholm was the third generation of his family to become President of Oxford."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"People Who Called Scarborough Home Dr. Philip Haigis Dr. Philip Haigis, Scarborough, ca. 1960Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Dr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"Timeline of Events   Watch movie about Scarborough's MCHP experience October 2008 Scarborough Team begins monthly meetings to explore grant…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maine Community Heritage Project

"Maine Community Heritage Project X The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical Society and Maine…"